Ripon man held in failed carjacking

RIPON - The Ripon Police Department's Special Investigations Unit has apprehended a man who was wanted in connection with a failed carjacking attempt, authorities said.

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By The Record

Posted Sep. 8, 2013 at 12:01 AM

By The Record
Posted Sep. 8, 2013 at 12:01 AM

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RIPON - The Ripon Police Department's Special Investigations Unit has apprehended a man who was wanted in connection with a failed carjacking attempt, authorities said.

Salvador Junior Moya, 23, of Ripon was taken into custody about 9:30 p.m. Friday during a traffic stop in the 800 block of Oakdale Road in Modesto, police said.

He was arrested on suspicion of attempted carjacking, cruelty to a child, participating in a criminal street gang and possession of a controlled substance for sale, officers said.

Police allege that Moya and Luis Alejandro Machuca, 20, of Modesto entered a Ripon family's running vehicle Aug. 23 in the 200 block of Frontage Road in Ripon. A small child who was seated in the back seat tried to flee from the vehicle, authorities said. The carjackers fled on foot as the family rushed to the boy's aid after one of the carjackers struck him in the head, police said.

Machuca was arrested at the time of the incident. He has been sentenced to nine years in jail, authorities said.